New Article — Can Metal Additive Manufacturing Compete with Casting?

By: Buffalo Manufacturing Works Team | November 28th, 2017

Casting is one of the oldest and most popular manufacturing processes for metals, but could eventually be displaced by additive manufacturing (AM). Costs for AM are continuing to decrease while material performance and the number of available materials continue to increase. For small production runs with long lead times, it is possible additive manufacturing is preferred solution for complex geometries.